Hansburger

Thanks! I must admit Solar Orange really looks good when the sun is shining. I hated the colour when I bought the car over four years ago. But I love the colour more and more everyday. Hahah.

We had some fun at the track last week! It was a charity event for children with all kinds of heart diseases. Lot's of smiling children, good fun and great weather. Luckily the Z did well after all the things we did last year. Last time with the ISR single, but it sounds pretty good to be honest. 😎 And I love the Toyo R888R tyres. It makes such a big difference to normal road tyres.

Yeah it's definitely a nice Y pipe. It just needed a little work. Haha. But I've got an almost new Injen SES dual laying around. I think I'm going to fit that one and go back to dual.

A delivery by Concept Z Performance yesterday! The first OEM nuts and bolts arrived to replace the "rusty" ones from the undercarriage. 😎 Since I still need to fit the Kaaz differential I decided to get the Nismo cover as well. Aaaaaaand another part for the VQ37HR build! Making sure the oil pump gears don't schred apart in higher RPM's I ordered the billet gears from Boundary. 😍

Thanks! Also ordered several new OEM nuts and bolts to replace the "rusty" ones underneath. 😅

Overall it's a great Y pipe, fitment is really good. But it's fabricated as a slip-on pipe with clamps. I works great for fitting the Y pipe, but it just doesn't seal properly. So it makes a terrible rattling noise, especially by deceleration. According to Tarmac Sportz a little exhaust paste would solve this. My exhaust specialist told me never to use paste, as it's only for temporary solutions. So I decided to let him weld it together. If you get one I sugest you fit it first to get the right dimensions. Then let someone weld it and you've got a great Y pipe!

Finally the new exhaust is rattle and leak free. 😎💪 The clamps which came with the Y-pipe from Tarmac Sportz are rubbish... Edit! Also ordered some rods for the VQ37 build. K1 rods weighing only 575 grams. And decided to go for the Boundary oil pump gears. 😍

Woh! Love it! 😍

It's only the small surface just behind the wheel/tyre. Don't know if it really helps, but it was a part of the whole PPF pattern. 😛

It's pattern. My hood and wheel arches are still Xpell. All the rest (mirrors, front bumper, sideskirts, partly rear bumper) is Gyeon PPF.

It looked more like bricks hitting my hood. So I'm still happy it didn't cause more damage. 🤣😂In my opinion it just shows how good it works. The PPF will shrink al little overtime. I use Gyeon Tar to keep those edges clean and non sticky.

I've got PPF on my Z for more then three years now. Only a few stone chips that went through on my trip in Wales. Works great. Keep the edges from the PPF clean throughout the years. It may get some dirt in it.

I have asked how much a VQ37 rod weighs. I can order a set of K1 rods for a good price. They also weigh 575 grams. Gonne compare them. Your comment got me thinking. 😛 Also for the oil pump, I was looking at one of those months ago. Maybe just ease a bit on the build and spend a few Euros more. I'm not in a hurry. I really love the 4.08 rear end. It makes the Z so much more alive and especially on roads and circuits with a lot of bends it's really nice. Just the little extra a VQ needs. Have you got a sound clip or little movie somewhere from your car? Would like to hear something.

Yes! We gonne use the VQ37 rods. They should be enough strong enough for my build. And I just couldn't find any lighter rods, except for some very ver very expensive ones. 🤣 According to the company where I ordered the pistons the clearance must be enough. Just waiting for the pistons to be delivered and then the engine can go to the builder. @itsLeon will put it back together and we will see what it's going to do. I believe you love yours. Should sound very good as well. 😎 Just a question. Where's the redline at your engine? I want to get is somewhere up to 8.000 revs. Just to have that little bit extra revs combined with the 4.08 final drive.

Hahah. I think it's some kind of fetish indeed... 😛 Thanks!

Engine is back together and oil gallery gaskets are replaced. 😍 Let's see what the oil pressure will do. At the moment it's a bit high in my opinion.... Not sure what we need to do about it. Hopefully it's going to be back normal in a few weeks. Aaaaaand! Finally I ordered myself the pistons for the VQ37HR build. 😎 JE 11.5 compression / 96mm Let's continue building. 💪

Poh! Sexy. 😎😍

Love the look with those wheels! 😍

The amount of work and craftsmanship is amazing!

I think it's time for a little update... 😛 Been a while and ofcourse we're still having fun with Nemo. Sorry. Picture heavy... Cleaned the rear hatch and removed the weight. Replaced the trunk struts with all new OEM goodies. And the springs by the replacement parts from OpenTop. Gave it his yearly undercarriage wash. All shiny as it's supposed to be. I finally got rid of that narrow steering wheel and ordered new knobs. Also did the handbrake in the same style, alcantara and orange stitching. We finally did some maintenance and fitted the SPL and Driftworks goodies together with the Ultra Racing bars. Really love the way it handles now, it made such a difference! Even the guy that did the allignment was in love. 😍 Aaaaaaand another tour for charity; Dag met een Lach. 😇 A Fundraiser rally in with we participate every year. So much fun with the Z! I only blew my Berk catalists allong the way. At 7.500 RPM the inner ceramics came lose and plugged the exhaust in the back. All the power was gone! At first I thought I blew the engine, to find out it just could not breath anymore. 😛 Luckily Mario and Luigi were there to help! Hahah. Bought myself a set of Toyo R888 tires to play around. And we changed the exhaust again! New Berk HFC's, a ISR single exhaust and Tarmac Sportz Y-pipe. 😎 Still love the way A 350Z looks. So why don't we keep on changing wheels... But in the end I'm again changing back to the GTR wheels. Just love them on my Z! 🤔🤣😂 By the way... My threepiece wheels are at the shop and getting all fresh. After so many years the paint started to peel off and I wanted the inner wheels to be black too. Can't wait to get them back. 😍 At the moment the car is at the garage. Unfortunately my oil gallery gaskets have decided to stop doing their work. Luckily it needed some new oil as well. So just a bit of love and we're good to go again! Last but not least. Still busy with the VQ37HR build! Finally got some good news from the enginebuilder. It only needs a small rebore and we can use 96mm pistons. And I found a good crankshaft in Athens. 😎 Only a few parts needed and the build can start. I think this is it. Will try to keep this page updated the next time. 😛 Hahah.

It looks so nice in real life.

I didn't listen to the numbers he had. We just want to try something new. See if it all is going to work and we gonna make this Frankenstein engine run. If it's going to make some decent power I will be happy too. Haha. I will keep you updated. Maybe some questions on the pistons you've got. But first we have to sort out what we gonna do with the VQ37.

The idea was a simple and fast build. Using my HR heads and the VQ37. I talked to a guy in the US who had build something similar. But I could have known it wouldn't be that easy. Hahah.

Yes! Only need the short block. Eveything else will fit, also no issues with the electronics and so on. Got almost everything lying around. Now we have to wait for the shop with some news...

Pff. Really love the build! I have to get going with my VQ37HR engine. Only thing is my VQ37 looks like scrap. Its at the engine shop at this moment. Hopefully he got some news sometime soon... Still have to figure out what to do with the pistons as I've got Tomei 272 cams as well.